Level: 7
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
2017 Seneca Niagara Falls Summer Slam
$200 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2017 Seneca Niagara Falls Summer Slam
Buy-in
$200
Prize Pool
$50,000
Entries
520
Level
29
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
Pachla Leads Again
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Level 6
: 250/500, 50 ante
Local publicity hound Alicia LaPorte Pachla has moved into the chip lead, garnering her the attention she so desperately craves.
In an effort to make sure the people at home find out before her stack turns into dust, Pachla told PokerNews she's picked up jacks three times today and won every time.
In fact, a few moments ago was the third time and those jacks filled up to give her a full house and a decent sized pot. She knocked a player out and reserved a spot near the top of the leaderboard.
Then, just seconds ago, she was on the right end of a flush-over-flush debacle that left her with 70,000 and a spot at the top of the leaderboard.
Pachla won two events back-to-back at the 2017 Western New York Poker Challenge this Spring and is threatening to make an impression on Summer Slam now as well.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
70,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
Level: 6
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 50
My Stack Run Good, Reporters... Not So Much
Level 5
: 200/400, 50 ante
Colin Reid was fast approaching 60,000 and keeping us all updated with his intrepid use of PokerNews' My Stack App, when it came time to find out exactly how he'd moved into the chip lead.
Upon approach, this reporter reminded Reid of something he well knows. The My Stack App comes with more than just the ability to update your own chip count into the Live Reporting Blog here on PokerNews. It gives those who use it the uncanny ability to run good.
Reid recounted the story of his early rise that included making 
into trip tens to crack aces, and finding trip queens for another big pot. Then he got involved in another big hand, making it 1,500 over two limps. Four players called, including the limpers, and when it checked to Reid on a 
flop, he bet 5,000.
One player shoved 15,000, the others folded and Reid made the call with the 
. His opponent had the 
and looked to be going home until the 
turn came down and made him a set. The 
river didn't help Reid and he was forced to hand over a double up.
Reid has still got 40,000 and the early lead, but he is now also keenly aware PokerNews reporters do not provide the same type of run good the app does.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
40,000 |
Level: 5
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
Classic Showdowns
Level 4
: 150/300, 25 ante
Two hands in a row on Table 7 saw a player run queens into aces.
Like Eddy Williams, it was one 'classic showdown' after another.
Aces held both times, but it worked out a little better for Jeff Roth than Patty Fitzgerald.
Roth's aces got him a double up to 30,000. Fitzgerald's only netted her enough to get back to even.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
30,000 | |
|
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Level: 4
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
Blame It On The Dealer
Level 3
: 100/200, 0 ante
Mike DiCamillio is giving standout Seneca dealer Laura McGuire all the credit for a hot start.
He's got about twice what he began the day with after she dealt him some big hands throughout her last down. The biggest of which saw him crack aces flopping top pair and a flush draw, then turning a king-high flush.
The early double sees DiCamillio snatch the chip lead heading into the first 10-minute break of the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
30,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
36 Lucky Souls
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
The board reads 36 entries and counting into Level 2. It's a cast of characters that includes these quite notable regulars:
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |